Jiří Zedníček (born February 14, 1945) is a former Czech professional
basketball
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player. He was voted to the
Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team.
Club career
In his
club
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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career, Zedníček won the European-wide secondary level
FIBA Cup Winner's Cup (later called
FIBA Saporta Cup
The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA ...
) championship, in the
1968–69 season. He was a member of the
FIBA European Selection Team in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, and 1972.
National team career
Zedníček represented the senior
Czechoslovakian national team at several
EuroBasket
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s, and at the
1972 Summer Olympic Games. At the
EuroBasket 1967
The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
First round Group A – Helsinki
Group B – Tampere
Knockout ...
, he was named
the MVP of the tournament.
With the national team, he also won a silver medal at the
EuroBasket in Finland, in 1967, and a bronze medal at the
EuroBasket in Italy, in 1969. At the
1970 FIBA World Championship
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was ...
, he was a member of the Czech national team that finished the tournament in sixth place. He was also on the Czech team that finished in 10th place at the
1974 FIBA World Championship
The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union.
Venues
Comp ...
.
FIBA Profile of J. Zednicek
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See also
*Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders
Czechoslovak Basketball League career stats leaders are the all-time stats leaders of the now defunct top-tier level professional basketball league of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak Basketball League (CSBL). Czech Basketball Federation Hall of ...
References
External links
FIBA Profile
1945 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Czech men's basketball players
Czechoslovak men's basketball players
1970 FIBA World Championship players
1974 FIBA World Championship players
Olympic basketball players of Czechoslovakia
Point guards
Sportspeople from Prague
USK Praha players
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